At a difficult moment for physical commerce, Shopify unveiled technology tools to improve the online shopping experience: The retail technology platform now supports 3-D models and video, the company announced Monday.
Supporting product pages allow web site visitors to do more than just view an item; they can spin them around to see the back, bottom or sides. And because of Shopify’s work in augmented reality, they can even use their phones to place the virtual object in the real world.
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2 Ways to Play Shopify During Market Panic - Investment Opportunity?
I know people try to compare it to other viruses or one-off events. But our whole economy is literally hitting a brick wall — it's coming to a complete stop.
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Shopify hires former Facebook exec, Ottawa Forty Under 40 Luc Levesque | Ottawa Business Journal
Luc Levesque, a former executive with major tech companies such as Facebook, Twitter and TripAdvisor, is joining the Ottawa-based e-commerce company to lead its international growth efforts, as first reported last Sunday by the Globe and Mail .
A graduate of Algonquin College's computer engineering program, Levesque began his entrepreneurial career by founding TravelPod, a travel blog acquired by Expedia in 2001. He went on to act as a growth adviser at Twitter, Quora and Pinterest, worked as general manager and then vice-president of growth at TripAdvisor and most recently served as a senior director of Facebook in Palo Alto, Calif. He will remain in the West Coast state for his Shopify post.
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In case you are keeping track:
Shopify Designer Services Market Trending Companies are- Apolomultimedia, Minion Made, Carson
The Global Shopify Designer Services 2020 research provides a basic overview of the industry including definitions, classifications, applications and industry chain structure. The Global Shopify Designer Services analysis is provided for the international markets including development trends, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions development status.
The key manufacturers covered in this report are: Apolomultimedia, Minion Made, Carson Shopify, Arctic Grey, GoWebBaby, CarlowSEO, Patane Creative Group, Expert Village Media Technologies, Electric Eye Agency, Mobikasa, Simplistic, WITTY, Up Studio, and We Make Websites
Bagnall: High-tech giants should have enough cash to withstand the COVID-19 storm | Ottawa
In 2001 during the telecom bust. In 2008-09 in the midst of the great recession. Periods when the capital region’s high-tech engine simply seized up. Orders for software, telecom gear and professional services disappeared, wrecking balance sheets overnight.
In the years following 2001, dozens of Ottawa startups — from Innovance Networks to Sedona Networks — failed for want of investment equity and customers. A decade ago, the near collapse of the international banking sector pushed cash-hungry tech firms over the edge. One of them was Nortel Networks, Ottawa’s largest private-sector employer.
Shopify cancels events at L.A.
Employers moving to remote work to help ‘flatten the coronavirus curve’ | Benefits
Canadian politicians, public health officials and chief executive officers have all urged Canadians to practice social distancing in a bid to "flatten the curve" of the coronavirus pandemic.
Many global technology companies, including Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc., Google and Twitter, ramped up work-from-home programs last week. And Ottawa-headquartered Shopify Inc. has emerged as a leader — in addition to allowing staff to work from home, it’s offering them each a $1,000 stipend, in their local currency, to ease the transition and to fund any necessary office supplies.
Happening on Twitter
Shopify merchants: How can we support you best over the next months? Please send me ideas. My DMs are open. tobi (from Canada) Mon Mar 16 12:35:11 +0000 2020
We collected a list of government programs available for small merchants and will keep it updated https://t.co/sWaTCjYrXn tobi (from Canada) Mon Mar 16 21:31:44 +0000 2020
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